The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Julian Jaynes

491 pages 1976

8 editions

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is stil...

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